2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Season	2006
Champions	São Paulo (4th title)
Relegated	Ponte Preta Fortaleza São Caetano Santa Cruz
Copa Libertadores	São Paulo Internacional Grêmio Santos Paraná Flamengo (2006 Copa do Brasil winners)
Copa Sudamericana	São Paulo Vasco da Gama Figueirense Goiás Corinthians Cruzeiro Botafogo Atlético Paranaense
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1030 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Souza (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Figueirense 6 – 1 Palmeiras
Biggest away win	Atlético-PR 0 - 5 Botafogo
Highest scoring	Atlético-PR 6 - 4 Vasco da Gama
Average attendance	16,151
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 50th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It Began on April 15, 2006, and reached its end on December 3, 2006.

Format

The format was similar to the 2005 edition, though fielding two fewer teams. 20 teams competed, each team playing the other in a home-and-away format. At the season finale, the team with the most accumulated points (3 for each win, 1 for a draw, none for a loss) was declared champion.

Calendar

From April 15 through June 4, 10 rounds were played. From June 9 until July 9, the tournament was suspended for the FIFA World Cup 2006. Play resumed on July 12 and continued until December 3.

Several teams had their attentions divided between other tournaments over the same duration:

Copa do Brasil - Flamengo defeated Vasco da Gama
Copa Libertadores - Internacional defeated São Paulo
Copa Sudamericana - Atlético-PR was the best Brazilian team, losing in the semifinals.

Final standings

Final standings
Team		Pts	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	São Paulo	78	38	22	12	4	66	32	34
2	Internacional	69	38	20	9	9	52	36	16
3	Grêmio	67	38	20	7	11	64	45	19
4	Santos	64	38	18	10	10	57	36	21
5	Paraná	60	38	18	6	14	56	49	7
6	Vasco	59	38	15	14	9	57	50	7
7	Figueirense	57	38	15	12	11	52	44	8
8	Goiás	55	38	15	10	13	63	49	14
9	Corinthians	53	38	15	8	15	41	46	-5
10	Cruzeiro	53	38	14	11	13	52	45	7
11	Flamengo	52	38	15	7	16	44	48	-4
12	Botafogo	51	38	13	12	13	52	50	2
13	Atlético-PR	48	38	13	9	16	61	62	-1
14	Juventude	47	38	13	8	17	44	54	-10
15	Fluminense	45	38	11	12	15	48	58	-10
16	Palmeiras	44	38	12	8	18	58	70	-12
17	Ponte Preta	39	38	10	7	19	45	65	-20
18	Fortaleza	38	38	9	13	16	39	62	-23
19	São Caetano	36	38	9	11	18	37	53	-16
20	Santa Cruz	28	38	7	7	24	41	75	-34
Pts – points earned; G – games played; W - wins; D - draws; L - losses; GF – goals for; GA – goals against; GD – goal differential


	Team qualified for the 2007 Copa Libertadores and 2007 Copa Sudamericana
	Teams qualified for the 2007 Copa Libertadores
	Teams qualified for the 2007 Copa Sudamericana
	Teams relegated to Série B 2007
	Note: Flamengo qualified for the 2007 Copa Libertadores by winning the 2006 Copa do Brasil

Top goal scorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Souza	17	Goiás
Schwenck	14	Figueirense
Soares	13	Figueirense
Cícero	13	Figueirense
Tuta	13	Fluminense

Fixtures and results

Tablewise

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column.

	CAP	BOT	COR	CRU	FIG	FLA	FLU	FOR	GOI	GRE	INT	JUV	PAL	PAR	PON	STA	SAN	SCA	SPO	VAS
Atlético-PR	XXX	0-5	1-2	1-1	1-4	1-0	1-2	0-0	2-3	2-3	1-2	1-0	2-0	4-0	3-0	2-1	2-1	3-1	0-0	6-4
Botafogo	0-4	XXX	0-0	1-0	2-3	0-2	2-1	1-0	2-2	2-2	0-1	2-1	1-3	4-0	4-1	1-0	4-3	2-1	1-1	4-1
Corinthians	2-1	1-0	XXX	1-0	1-3	0-2	1-1	2-2	0-1	0-2	0-1	5-3	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-3	3-0	1-3	1-1
Cruzeiro	1-1	3-1	2-0	XXX	2-2	2-1	2-3	0-0	0-0	3-1	2-1	2-0	1-0	2-2	5-1	3-3	1-1	3-0	2-2	2-1
Figueirense	3-3	1-0	0-0	0-2	XXX	1-1	1-0	0-0	2-2	2-0	1-0	1-0	6-1	0-1	2-1	2-0	2-1	1-1	0-2	0-0
Flamengo	1-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	0-2	XXX	4-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-2	3-1	2-1	1-4	0-0	1-1	2-2	4-1	1-1	0-1
Fluminense	1-2	1-1	1-2	1-0	2-0	1-0	XXX	1-3	1-0	1-2	2-3	3-2	1-1	2-1	0-0	1-1	1-0	2-2	1-2	1-1
Fortaleza	3-4	2-3	0-4	0-2	1-1	3-4	2-5	XXX	0-3	1-0	1-2	4-1	0-0	1-1	1-0	1-4	1-1	2-1	1-0	1-1
Goiás	2-2	2-2	3-1	2-3	2-1	0-1	3-1	1-1	XXX	4-0	2-2	2-0	1-3	1-2	3-0	5-3	0-0	2-1	0-2	2-0
Grêmio	2-0	4-0	2-0	2-1	1-2	3-0	4-4	4-1	2-0	XXX	0-1	1-0	2-1	2-1	4-0	3-1	1-0	1-1	1-1	1-2
Internacional	2-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	2-4	1-0	2-0	3-0	1-4	0-0	XXX	1-0	1-1	3-2	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	3-1	1-2
Juventude	3-2	1-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	1-1	2-2	1-1	1-2	2-0	XXX	3-2	1-0	0-1	4-1	3-2	1-0	1-1	0-0
Palmeiras	2-2	2-1	1-0	1-1	1-1	3-1	3-0	3-0	1-3	0-1	1-4	1-1	XXX	4-2	2-3	2-1	1-2	3-1	3-1	4-2
Paraná	2-1	0-0	1-2	1-0	0-0	0-2	1-0	2-0	1-0	5-2	1-0	0-1	4-2	XXX	2-1	3-0	1-1	1-0	0-0	2-1
Ponte Preta	1-1	1-2	3-2	0-1	3-0	3-0	3-0	1-3	3-2	1-1	0-2	3-1	1-1	2-5	XXX	2-0	1-0	1-2	1-3	1-2
Santa Cruz	1-2	1-1	1-0	4-1	0-0	3-0	1-2	0-1	2-1	2-4	0-2	1-0	3-2	1-3	1-1	XXX	1-1	0-3	1-3	0-4
Santos	2-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	2-1	3-0	1-1	2-0	2-1	1-0	2-1	3-2	5-1	1-0	3-1	2-1	XXX	1-0	0-1	0-2
São Caetano	2-1	1-1	0-1	2-1	3-1	2-2	1-1	0-0	1-2	0-2	1-1	0-2	2-0	0-2	1-1	2-0	2-0	XXX	0-1	0-1
São Paulo	1-1	3-0	0-0	2-0	2-1	1-0	1-0	1-1	2-1	2-1	2-0	5-0	4-1	3-2	1-1	4-0	0-4	1-0	XXX	5-1
Vasco	2-1	0-0	2-4	1-0	3-1	3-1	1-1	2-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	1-1	3-0	3-1	2-2	2-1	1-1	1-2	1-1	XXX

External links

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2006 at RSSSF

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

2016 clubs	América-MG Atlético Mineiro Atlético Paranaense Botafogo Chapecoense Corinthians Coritiba Cruzeiro Figueirense Flamengo Fluminense Grêmio Internacional Palmeiras Ponte Preta Santa Cruz Santos São Paulo Sport Vitória

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